Albert Krafft??

October 13th, 2009, 07:35 PM

Hs anyone heard of an antique artist called Albert Krafft? I have just bought a lovely oil on canvas and there is an inscription saying its by him.

The picture is of the inside of a Monastery depicting a funeral of a Monk.

Not to everyones taste but i love it

Hercules Brabazon · 08:50 AM

He seems to have been working in Germany in the mid 19th Century. All the pictures I can find by him e.g. http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/a...1-c-43434strxi are copies of works by other artists such as Raphael, Mignard, Liotard, Lotto, and Holbein.

mp.kunst · October 14th, 2009, 04:43 PM

At one time he was living in Dresden - Germany. That must have been around 1850's. Around that time he copied a painting from the Dresden Gallery and on the the backside of another painting he wrote his name and Dresden.
It is possible that he was a writer too because a Albert Krafft wrote a book in 1845 called "Catalogue de la Galerie de tableaux impériale et royale au Belvédère á Vienne" This is a Catalogue of all pieces of art in the Gallery of the Belvedere at Vienna in 1845.

October 13th, 2009, 07:35 PM	#1
paddyrat Posts: n/a	Albert Krafft?? Hs anyone heard of an antique artist called Albert Krafft? I have just bought a lovely oil on canvas and there is an inscription saying its by him. The picture is of the inside of a Monastery depicting a funeral of a Monk. Not to everyones taste but i love it

October 14th, 2009, 06:59 AM	#2
Hercules Brabazon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 118	He seems to have been working in Germany in the mid 19th Century. All the pictures I can find by him e.g. http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/a...1-c-43434strxi are copies of works by other artists such as Raphael, Mignard, Liotard, Lotto, and Holbein. Last edited by Hercules Brabazon : October 14th, 2009 at 08:50 AM.

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October 14th, 2009, 04:43 PM	#3
mp.kunst Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 95	At one time he was living in Dresden - Germany. That must have been around 1850's. Around that time he copied a painting from the Dresden Gallery and on the the backside of another painting he wrote his name and Dresden. It is possible that he was a writer too because a Albert Krafft wrote a book in 1845 called "Catalogue de la Galerie de tableaux impériale et royale au Belvédère á Vienne" This is a Catalogue of all pieces of art in the Gallery of the Belvedere at Vienna in 1845.